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OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (WKRN ... In 1918 during World War I, the federal government contracted with DuPont to build a gunpowder plant. “There were 30,000 employees reporting to work daily ...
Panoramic pictures of the gunpowder plant and Old Hickory’s early days were tracked down by Old Hickory Garage owner Jerry Barnes as well. DuPont turned the plant into a factory to make products ...
In 1918, DuPont contracted with the federal government to build a gunpowder plant in Old Hickory. Workers settled around the factory and created Old Hickory Village, but after World War I ended ...
Comedian Nate Bargatze is putting his old stomping ground on the map, but the restaurant scene has evolved nicely since he ...
An asphalt plant would take the ability to enjoy the outdoors away from us.” Rank is part of a group of citizens organizing in Old Hickory to block the plant. Residents hope to stop the permit ...
HICKORY, N.C. — Fire officials in Hickory are investigating a quick-moving fire that destroyed an old hosiery plant. More than a dozen firefighters were called to Highland Avenue in northeast ...
The Metro Nashville Health Department on Feb. 24 issued a permit for Jones Bros LLC to begin operating a hot-mix asphalt plant at 771 Burnett Road in Old Hickory — about 1,600 feet from Old ...
HICKORY, N.C. — An old furniture plant on 24th Street NE in Hickory, N.C. caught on fire around midnight, according to sources. Fire investigators said there was so much damage to the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A time capsule honoring 100 years of DuPont’s rayon manufacturing plant in Old Hickory Village will be opened next weekend. In 1918, DuPont contracted with the ...
former home to the World War I-era Old Hickory Dupont Gunpowder Plant and named after President Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson. It's also the area where Nate Bargatze grew up — and where Bargatze ...